At the Haunted End of the Day 43 years old

A documentary by Tony Palmer on English composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983), made shortly before his death. The film includes the only full-length interview ever recorded with Walton. Filmed at his home on Ischia and in Oxford, London & Oldham, it includes contributions from Laurence Olivier, Sacheverell Sitwell and Lady Susana Walton. Specially performed extracts of his music are conducted by Simon Rattle in his first substantial contribution to television when he was in his early 20s, with Simon Preston, Julian Bream, Yvonne Kenny, Yehudi Menuhin, Iona Brown, John Shirley-Quirk, Elgar Howarth & Ralph Kirshbaum, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford & Los Paraguayos.

Credits

At the Haunted End of the Day Cast

Name	Character
Laurence Olivier He was 73, 82 years old when he died	as Self
William Walton He was 78, 80 years old when he died	as Self

At the Haunted End of the Day Crew

Name	Department
Simon Rattle as Conductor. He was 25 (now 69) years old	Sound
Tony Palmer as Director. He was 39 (now 82) years old	Directing